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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 20, 2000Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2000, 10:57 PM EDT for Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2000, 10:57 PM EDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2000, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2000-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 478 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2000-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 210258
SVRATL
GAC097-121-210330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1057 PM EDT SUN AUG 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA   
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1048 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF LITHIA SPRINGS...OR NEAR
  AUSTELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LITHIA SPRINGS...POWDER 
  SPRINGS...MABLETON...AND DOUGLASVILLE.

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS A TORNADO. FOR
YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
@
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

LAT...LON 3371 8435 3373 8445 3380 8473 3370 8467
          3360 8464

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb36 min
Aug 20, 11:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Fulton38 min
Aug 21, 1:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup39 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.